Frank Maxwell

Show Count: 3Series Count: 0Role: Old Time Radio StarOld Time RadioBorn: November 17, 1916, The Bronx, New York, USADied: August 4, 2004, Santa Monica, California, USA

Frank Maxwell(November 17, 1916 – August 4, 2004) was an Americanactorwho served as president of theAmerican Federation of Television and Radio Artistsfrom 1984 to 1989.

A native ofThe Bronxborough ofNew York City, he appeared in 151 films or television programs. His first acting roles were in 1950 in episodes of thePhilco-Goodyear Television Playhousefollowed in 1951 by an appearance in the episode "The Overcoat" of thetelevision seriesBig Town.

Maxwell subsequently appeared in such series asDecoy, withBeverly Garland,Peter Gunn(twice),Alfred Hitchcock Presents(five episodes),Whirlybirds,Black Saddle,The Man and the Challenge,The Deputy,Cain's Hundred,Follow the Sun,Hong Kong,Target: The Corruptors, andMr. Novak. He was cast three times each onRobert Montgomery Presents,Perry Mason,Cannon,andEmergency!and four times each onRawhide,Quincy, M.E., andThe F.B.I.

In 1960, Maxwell was cast inCBS'sscience fictionseries,The Twilight Zoneas Marty Fisher in the episode "A World of Difference". That same year, he appeared as Hackett in the episode "Millionaire Jessica March" of the CBS fantasy drama,The Millionaire.

In the 1962–1963 television season he was a co-star of theABCsitcom,Our Man Higgins, starringStanley Hollowayin the title role and withAudrey TotterandRicky Kelman. Maxwell played the father, Duncan MacRoberts, in all thirty-four episodes of the series.

From 1973 to 1975, he appeared in five episodes of CBS'sBarnaby Jones, withBuddy Ebsen. His last regular acting role was in 1984 in a two-part episode of ABC'sThe Love Boat, in which he was cast as Col. Charles Holmsey.